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  • David DeWitt avatar

    The Gift Of Christmas

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 12, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 3,868 views

    This is a Christmas season devotional done for the local senior center. The gift of Christmas is one that we cannot afford to pass up

    The Gift of Christmas John 1:12 Senior Center Devotional December 12, 2001 In the fourth year of his layoff from his job, Dad gave Mom a dishwasher for Christmas. You have to understand the magnitude of the gift: Our old house had its original wiring and plumbing, and neither could handle the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    There Is A Great Day Coming Series

    Contributed by Grant Adams on Oct 7, 2021
     | 1,882 views

    We will look at how an entire city is going to come to earth. Jerusalem will be the center and what will our future home be like?

    No matter who we are, the word home conjures up fond memories for many of us. We may think of a mother, a brother, or grandchild and other loved ones bring us joy. We might think of Christmas, a vacation, or many other things when we reminisce of great things. The warmest feelings inside usually ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Peacocks And The Pride Of Life”

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Jan 18, 2024
     | 1,101 views

    This week I center on human pride using the illustration of a peacock. Illustration of Nebuchadnezzar of pride, and Johnny Appleseed who was humble.

    In Jesus Holy Name January 21, 2024 Epiphany III Psalm 62:7,8 Redeemer “Peacocks and the Pride of Life” Today’s message is not about how you can eternal peace with God. Today’s message is not about how your broken commandments can be ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Four Truths To Deflate Self-Centeredness Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 16, 2013
     | 9,940 views

    A look at four passages in Luke that help us to puncture the self-centered tendencies that come so naturally in our culture.

    WHAT JESUS EXPECTS: He told us to be servants, but it’s hard to know how to move in that direction in such a self-centered culture. - Luke 22:24-27. - It is a little difficult for us to understand how to be servants when we’re so used to being the center of attention: a. Stores cater ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rev. M Edmunds avatar

    "Don't Let It Stop You!”

    Contributed by Rev. M Edmunds on Oct 12, 2005
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     | 10,842 views

    There are two types of people exist within the universal body of the Church: the grateful and the ungrateful, the selfless and the self-centered, the contrite and the sanctimonious.

    Elder M. Edmunds Co-Pastor of United Ordained Church August 2001 In our text, we find two individuals demonstrating two different responses to the presence of Jesus Christ: one is a demonstration of gratitude and the other is of ingratitude. One individual responded in appreciation, while the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Greatest News

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Dec 9, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,595 views

    We live in times with a lot of bad news. This is a positive sermon centered around Christmas’ great announcement of the angels to the shepherds.

    December 8, 2002 You can do this just about any day. Pick up the newspaper, or flip on CNN. Of the six prominent lead stories on the front page of the paper, five will have the following words: "TRIAL....DANGEROUS...FRAUD...MURDER....DOWNTURN!" It doesn’t get much better on the inside ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    What Hast Thou Done For Me?

    Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Mar 19, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,211 views

    This sermon centers upon three things that Jesus tells us that we must do if we wish to follow him.

    What Hast Thou Done for Me? Second Sunday in Lent 2006 Dr. Paul G. Humphrey Mark 8:31-38 MK 8:31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    It Came To Pass

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 10, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 647 views

    A funeral message centered on the favorite saying of the woman who'd died - "It came to pass."

    In Luke we’re told that after Jesus rose from the dead, He led (His disciples) out (of the city) as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. And we’re told “IT CAME TO PASS, that as He blessed them, He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Eulogy Gary Jones

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Aug 11, 2007
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     | 3,814 views

    This is a eulogy for a believer who truly loved his wife. Most of the message centers on their relationship to each other and on following Christ.

    Gary Jones by Rick Gillespie- Mobley Gary Jones, first a son, a twin brother, a husband, a business man, a friend and a follower of Jesus Christ. He has completed the circle of leaving his mother’s womb, impacting this world, and finally entering into the presence of God. The good news ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Zeal And Jealousy And Envy--O My!

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 13, 2022
     | 1,212 views

    We learn from this story a lot about jealousy. It can be confused with righteous behavior, as in this story. It is essentially self-centered.

    Saturday 4th Week of Easter Jealousy. Envy. These are two attitudes that literally can tear a community apart–a church, a political body, a family. We can learn a great deal about these sins from the Scripture. Here we see two results of the preaching and healing done by Paul and Barnabas on their ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    One Bread, One Body, Many Idols

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 27, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,241 views

    Independence Sunday 1987: We are called to be a distinctive people within American culture, not to follow popular self-centered idolatries.

    The trouble with going to Ridgecrest conference center for a week is that you tend to forget how diverse a nation we are. If you were to spend too long at a place like Ridgecrest, you would get to thinking that everybody was Baptist, and Baptist of the southern variety, that everybody gobbled ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Wood avatar

    Walking With God

    Contributed by Ed Wood on May 2, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 9,490 views

    A sermon related to Christian Service

    INTRO: This chapter covers a period of 1500 years. It contains the history of Adam’s family to the time of Noah. In this chapter, is the story of Enoch. He began his walk with God after his son was born. Too many men wait until they die to walk with God. Enoch was 65 years old when he began his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Sowers avatar

    Following God

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 5,284 views

    How can I let God guide me?

    Following God Guidance - Moths - moon - confused by light so close. What if our eyes were as sensitive to the light of Jesus? Why does God guide us? Image of a Jungle guide Steve the croc. hunter - What do people allow to guide them - astrologers, cards, celebrities and athletes - We know ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bruce Montgomery avatar

    In The Beginning God Series

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 21, 2008
     | 3,272 views

    The starting point for truly knowing God is through God’s self-revelation; and the foundation and starting point for learning what God has revealed about Himself is the study of Genesis

    In the Beginning God GE 1:1 By Dr. R. Bruce Montgomery Why Genesis? I enjoy and have benefited from learning stories of Jesus and the apostles, studying the theological teachings of Paul and practical day-to-day instructions of James. But why GENESIS? Because it is a key to understanding ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Terry Jones avatar

    The Mystery Of Marriage And Family Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Terry Jones on May 10, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,009 views

    The mystery of marriage is a center point of God’s revelation of His desire for relationship with Man. No wonder the family is under such spiritual attack. In the series Family Matters, Pastor Terry will look at the significance of family and marriage f

    Family Matters Series – Part 1 The Mystery of Marriage and Family Text: Ephesians 5:15-33 At first consideration, you might think that the text presented this morning is actually dealing with two separate topics because, for the most part, preachers naturally separate them as dealing first with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational